With rampant corruption, questionable rule of law and juridical independence, Taiwan’s so-called “democracy” is nothing but a joke.

9:38 pm June 25, 2013

Anyway, he cannot see the crawl wrote:

A blind puppy is looking for some dog food, whoever it's owner is.
After being thrown out of the door by one, and discarded by the other.

9:49 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

clearly written by someone who knows very little about Taiwan politics. A brawl in the legislature, so what? But why not ask why they fight? It is a fact China wants to swallow Taiwan, so what's wrong with lawmakers trying to protect Taiwan in every way possible, even if it means violence? Do you rather see full blown war or some fist fights in the legislature? Like I said, the story missed the point. Shame on WSJ for only poking fun, without explaining the why.

9:58 pm June 25, 2013

Red wrote:

democracy is not perfect but communism is far worse. Insinuating Chen Guangcheng is a blind puppy only shows you are a brain dead pig who leads a pity life of no real value. Maybe the one-child policy is a good thing because it stops stupid people from having a big offsprings.

10:09 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

In March 2010, a prominent Taiwanese gangster boss had passed away and his grand funeral was held in Taichung city, the third largest city in Taiwan, a month later.

On the day of the funeral, over 20,000 gangster bosses and gangster members from across Taiwan, HK and Japan had attended and paid tribute to the deceased boss.

What’s interesting there were the “political heavyweights” involved the funeral.

The funeral director was the President of the Legislative Council of the ROC (Taiwan). And the deputy funeral directors included the Mayor of Taichung, the Secretary General to the ROC (Taiwan) President, the President of Taichung City Council, the President of Taichung County Council and a former Yunlin County Magistrate. Several other Legislators and County Magistrates had also attended the funeral.

This is a vivid example of how Taiwan’s “democratically elected” politicians and the gangster world have been deeply intertwined

This is Taiwanese democracy for you.

11:02 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Better than Chinese Democracy hahahaha

11:11 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Even the current ROC (Taiwan) President Ma Ying-jeou has to seek “help and support” from the gangster world from time to time.

Taiwan’s Next magazine had reported in November 2011 that President Ma had a secret meeting with a prominent underground gambling magnate (who also controls the largest betting pool for elections* in Taiwan) when he was running for his Presidential election campaign activities in Southern Taiwan on September 10, 2011.

Although this allegation was promptly denied by the Presidential Office, it did admit that President Ma had met with this underground gambling magnate twice during the Presidential election campaign in 2008 and the Mayor/County Magistrate election campaigns in 2009.

*Underground betting for elections is quite popular in Taiwan. And these betting activities may affect the outcome of elections. For example, a gambler who bets for the winning of candidate A will likely to vote for candidate A. By adjusting betting dividends, the bookmaker can manipulate the bets and the behavior of gamblers, thus the outcome of the elections.

11:22 pm June 25, 2013

Fun Cho wrote:

Chen Guangcheng is nothing comparable with Snowden. Snowden is a hero, who dared to expose the hypocrisy of the U.S government. Chen is supported by the U.S government and politicians to "bad mouth" his own government and country. I am very sorry to say that he cannot SEE how China was a very poor country developed into a rich and strong nation today. What is democracy and freedom Chen is talking about ,when elected representatives are physical fighting in the Parliament.

11:23 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Hey Red one child policy is murder to the children of China
That base on scientific facts not policies

11:29 pm June 25, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Chen Guangcheng is nothing comparable with Snowden. Chen Guangcheng is a SUPERHERO a man who was tortured and beaten to save the lives of children in China.Snowden was hero until he opened his mouth. Now it down hill for him

12:37 am June 26, 2013

enough said wrote:

“It’s still better to have shoving in the legislature than to have tanks rolling in the streets,”

12:55 am June 26, 2013

pug_ster wrote:

WSJ propaganda preaching democracy is like Tiger Woods preaching how to be faithful to your wife. The only thing vibrant about Taiwan's democracy is the fighting matches between them. Although Taiwan's democracy is better than US democracy because they put crooks in Jail like Chen Shui Ban whereas America's crooks are still running the government.

2:49 am June 26, 2013

who cares about taiwan... wrote:

the real estate is what matters. The people, who cares? They can all be carted off to japan, if the japanese actually want them.

9:11 am June 26, 2013

Why do you read WSJ, If you think it propaganda? wrote:

Please go and read People daily , Xinhua,Global times,The Nazi Journal etc..... Maybe you can finally be at peace with yourself and read what YOU think is true.
Your always repeating the same old words "WSJ propaganda"
It really
Boring

10:23 am June 26, 2013

Hey wrote:

@Anonymous (at 11:23 pm June 25, 2013)
If USA will take extras Chinese born, I am sure China will relax the one child policy.
To Start, USA should invite all blind persons in China to USA just like Mr. Chen

10:37 am June 26, 2013

pug_ster wrote:

@Why do you read WSJ, If you think it propaganda?

Lol, I read WSJ propaganda because it is like reading the Onion. I don't believe one ounce of it but I get a kick out of it reading all the time.

11:45 am June 26, 2013

zhanglan wrote:

anyone care to make odds on Chen - who has become an embarrassment in the USA - getting whacked whilst in Taiwan, and the Chinese getting blamed in order to deflect attention away from the NSA/PRISM scandal?

remember where you read it first

11:56 am June 26, 2013

Truth of today's China wrote:

To waste so much time on WSJ for me your worried that the truth might filter into mainland

12:16 pm June 26, 2013

A beacon of justice for China wrote:

Of course only China can come up with an Idea about murdering Mr.Chen . Mr Chen is a Superhero recognized by the majority of the people in the world. He suffered cruel and unusual punishment by the local fascist who held him captive, and his family, against his will while in his home. Christian Bale made an attempt to visit him but was barricaded and assaulted by the local fascist.mobster. Mr. Chen is a defender of Chinese children who are being murder in China on a daily basis
Mr.Chen is no embarrassment to America. He is an embarrassment to the authoritarian government of China.
He is now becoming a thorn for the government of China while in Taiwan
Stay Tuned

1:32 pm June 26, 2013

Hayward wrote:

The brawl was not at all over capital gain tax, but about the cross-strait agreement signed by the Taiwan government without ever obtaining the consent of the people. The agreement is extremely dangerous and the DPP lawmakers are doing all they can to stop the stampede of the Chinese on Taiwanese companies. I agree, let's ask WHY they fought. And about Taiwan's democracy, at least in Taiwan, when a president attends the funeral of a gangster, the media and the people can criticize him out loud without being kidnapped by the government in the middle of the night. In China, thugs RUN the government and the people can't say anything about it. So the person that made the gangster example, is a very stupid and uninformed individual.

1:37 pm June 26, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

we should not blame taiwan because democracy over there still young

how about we should not blame china because democracy over there still at the stage of infancy.

this show that blind chen is a hypocrite.

1:45 pm June 26, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

gun was banned in taiwan

if the politician can splash coffee at his opponent, what makes you think that they cannot use gun and start firing at each other
or using law to silence the opposition

dpp make a suggestion to parliament to terminate the pension of retired general when he makes a speech which infuriated dpp.

this is democracy in taiwan

taiwan are so proud to have media is so free.
did it change the livelihood of people?
the answer is no.

those freedom was not needed in the first place like iPhone and ipad.

singapore dont have free media.
but it emerges as a powerful economy house.

5:32 pm June 26, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

WRONG, of course it changed there live they have freedom of expression unlike mainland who suffer in silence

8:23 am June 27, 2013

Df-41 wrote:

Democrazy is a one way street to economic and political ruin. China's communism is why China is now stronger than a failed democrazy like the US.

8:50 am June 27, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

If Chinese communism is so wonderful and the economy is so strong, then do every single high Chinese officials are eager to immigrate to the US? Why do they send kids to the US or Europe? Why are they buying green cards left and right? And why do thousands of Chinese smuggle from the country? Why do most Chinese students studying overseas choose not to return to China? Because they know what the government is a monster! All those slamming Taiwan's democracy, please try doing out in the open on Xi Jinping while standing at Tiananmen Square. Lets see how long you stay alive

5:47 am June 30, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Taiwan's aboriginal culture of the Gao shan tzu used to be 'cannibalism'. This babaric behavior of its legislators is nothing compared to head chopping.

2:09 am July 2, 2013

WJS is not about serious issues wrote:

Why are the Taiwanese politicians not getting a fair go at the podium ? and the opposition party not getting a chance to voice their concerns about the laws to be passed by the govt ? Govt is the party in power, then it has the obligation, to set an exemplary behavior standard.

This kind of fighting for a chance to speak, tells us that the govt perhaps is not using its power in a just and fair manner, otherwise why would people need to get so desperate, get so physically violent at the podium.

Each time when there's fighting, we urge the newspaper to give the weak a fair go.

Given they have to fight for the people's voice to be heard at the podium, we appeal to WJS to please try to understand these people do face an uphill battle, not mentioning the powerful govt party, and its big and almighty backer ie Mainland China pulling the strings from behind the curtain.

These disgraceful acts, these desperate acts of fighting , especially fighting for a chance to debate with the fairness of the law, simply says it all.

Desperation tells us that the big and powerful is not providing a platform for the weak to voice their concerns.

2:28 am July 2, 2013

Basic Human Right wrote:

It is basic human right, to be able to stand up at the podium and debate about the fairness of the law.

If the we do not fight for our basic human right, soon the rules of the jungle will take over.

Rather than a rational and peaceful debate at the podium, this kind of barbaric behaviour will soon be copied by the society in large.

This then has deep and profound impact on society`s stability. If everybody in the society believes goodwill is dead, and we all resorts to violence to get our way, then everybody in the country will suffer, every action has its own consequences....

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